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Beacon 23 (2023)
What the hell is this?
As Peter Griffin would say, "What the hell is this?" The whole show is is so slow in developing the story and the characters.
Note for the creators/writers: The content is saturated with average to above average shows. If you can't create above average content, don't waste people's time.
Since IMDB wants me to waste more time writing about how this show is average, I should say that after watching two or three episodes, I don't know where it is going. I don't know what is the significance of the lighthouse in the space and the sea and the painting. Those of you who watched some early episodes would know what I am talking about. This show is a waste of time.
The White Tiger (2021)
Once in a lifetime movie
As an India born person, I can tell you, the movie depicts the people in the shadows, accurately. These are the servants who clean and cook for the affluents, drivers who drive them, and numerous others who were born in lower or poor caste, and decided to come work in the cities for better life. When you hire a car in India, most of the time it comes with a driver. When you sleep in your cozy hotel, very few care to know where the driver sleeps or eats.
The movie is about such less fortunate person, Balram Halwai from a poor village in the state of Bihar. Even as a smart kid, he was deprived of education due to a number of circumstances. He landed up working at a local tea shop in the village. He manages to escape the village to work as a driver at a rich muscle man. Balram manages to convince this guy to get a position as the number two driver. Soon he discovers that the number one driver was a Muslim guy, and hid this fact from his master, because he would not have hired him otherwise. Balram throws him under the bus by exposing him to the master, and becomes the number one driver for the family. He repents, but this is all for survival. The muscle man was falling from the good graces of the local politician, so he sends his son to New Delhi to bribe opposition leader. In Delhi, Balram gets closer to his master's son, Ashok and Ashok's wife. He starts believing that they meant well and were good to him, until the things really turn sideways. Ashok's wife (Priyanka Chopra) hits a child while driving intoxicated. Balram is asked to take the fall for this. This starts a series of events, which you should watch without me talking about it.
The thing about this movie is that such movies are usually sad and remain sad all the time. This movie, on the other hand remains entertaining for the most part, and engaging all the way to the end.
If you liked Slumdog Millionaire, The White Tiger is that but without the Jai Ho song. I will go to the extent that this movie is Oscar worthy!
The Feed (2019)
Too slow
Just because Netflix has Black Mirror, Amazon hd to make The Feed. To me, Black Mirror is a hit or miss. The Feed was a complete miss. Don't waste your time.